1 killed, 15 injured as small plane crashes into warehouse full of workers in Orange County, California

Clara Harter and Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times on Jan 2, 2025

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LOS ANGELES — One person was killed and 15 people were injured when a small plane crashed into a commercial warehouse near Fullerton Municipal Airport and started a fire, officials said.

The plane crash was reported in the 2300 block of Raymer Avenue at 2:09 p.m. Thursday, prompting the evacuation of more than 100 people from inside the building and the establishment of a nearby triage area to treat the injured, according to the Fullerton Police Department.

The crash occurred about half a mile away from the Fullerton airport, and the FAA identified the aircraft as a single-engine Van’s RV-10.

At 3:25 p.m., Fullerton Police Dept. Lt. Tim Kandler said that the fire was extinguished.

As of 4:30 p.m., nine people had been transported to local hospitals and six had been treated and released at the scene, according to police spokesperson Kristy Wells. It was not clear whether the person killed was inside the airplane, she said.

Helicopter footage captured by ABC7 showed dark plumes of smoke rising from the aircraft, which was crashed on top of a large commercial warehouse. Multiple fire crews were on scene working to extinguish the blaze, the station reported.

Information was not immediately available on the cause of the crash.